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Tag: promise

  • Obligations to others and to ourselves.

    Bil “Obligation is a more effective weapon against the Will than any penalty, threat or act of force.”  ― Ashim Shanker, Sinew of the Social Speciesl Courtney, Against the Grain: A Coach’s Wisdom on Character, Faith, Family, and Love Sunita is one of the early people who has been coming to me for treatment. One major issue she…

  • Echo’s of power, the sacred vows,

    Ecof power, the sacred vows, Tulasi Ramayan has a line about the illustrious Raghuvansha, Pranjaye par vachan nahi. How much of it was honoured by the Raghnuvanshi’s is another conversation. But actually a promise made , a sacred vow,  once spoken becomes part of our existence for ever more. Speech is a vehicle for vows,…

  • On My Honor.

    The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.—Robert Frost. Two days back we returned from Dharwad, and I put my phone off, I had promised my friend something and I could not make it.  A little…